Staff Profile

Career Summary

Biography

Dr. Junhua(Andy) Zhao obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Queensland in 2007. Since then, he has been working as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland (2007 - 2008), a Graduate Analyst at Suncorp Corporation (2008), and a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland (2009 - 2011). He joined the University of Newcastle at 2011 as the Principal Research Scientist at the Centre for Intelligent Electricity Networks (CIEN). Since Jun 2012, he has been appointed as a Senior Lecturer at School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Qualifications

PhD (Electrical Engineering), University of Queensland, 09/07/2007

Research

Research keywords

computational intelligence

cyber-physical systems

data mining

energy economics and electricity markets

power system control and stability

power system planning

renewable and distributed generation technologies

smart grid

statistical methods

Research expertise

Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical Systems

Power System Planning

Power System Control and Stability

Renewable and Distributed Generation Technologies

Energy Economics and Electricity Markets

Computational Intelligence and its application

Data mining and statistical methods

Languages

Cantonese

English

Mandarin

Fields of Research

Code

Description

Percentage

090607

Power And Energy Systems Engineering (Excl. Renewable Power)

50

080109

Pattern Recognition And Data Mining

30

090600

Electrical And Electronic Engineering

20

Awards

Honours.

2012

PVC's Award for Excellence in Research PerformanceThe University of Newcastle (Australia)This award is for the researcher with outstanding research performance.

Collaboration

I have established research collaboration with a number of top research institutes around the world, which include:

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA

The University of Sydney, Australia

The University of Western Australia, Australia

The University of Michigan, USA

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

State Grid Electric Power Research Institute (SGEPRI), China

Zhejiang University, China

Hunan University, China

Teaching

Teaching keywords

electricity market

information systems

power systems analysis

Teaching expertise

Electricity market

Power system analysis

Curriculum development for electricity market and power systems courses

Grants and Funding

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2014 (2 grants)

Developing an intelligent system for real-time assessment of power system short-term voltage stability in a smart grid environment
$13,135Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment